AT Visualized

• Clearly, my mileage was all over the place. I started out relatively strong. I began to really push my mileage in Virginia. My pace slowed a bit in PA, probably due to the rocks and heat. Between NJ and VT, I changed my hiking style, hiking fewer miles but more consistently. I slowed significantly in NH and southern ME because of the difficult terrain, and picked back up in the Hundred Mile Wilderness.

• My average mileage was 12.89 if I include zero days and 14.52 if I exclude them.

• The average number of days that I hiked before taking a zero day was 7.58

• The plurality win goes to shelters. I slept in or tented near shelters due to their amenities: large tenting space, a roof, privy, bear box.

• In terms of paid lodgings, I spent 38 nights in either a hotel, hostel, Airbnb, or paid campsite. 7 of those hostels were donation-based barns or churchs. 3 of the paid campsites were for Trail Days.

• I slept outdoors for only 67% of the nights. In retrospect, I didn’t realize I had slept indoors so often, but it didn’t feel more than other hikers.